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Regal Angelfish
Pygoplites diacanthus
Family: Pomacanthidae
📍 Indo-Pacific & Red Sea Reefs
Breathtakingly beautiful with alternating white-and-orange bars. Notoriously difficult to feed in captivity. Red Sea specimens generally adapt better than Pacific ones.
Keeping this species
- pH
- 8.1–8.4
- diet
- sponge specialist
- maxSize
- 10 inches
- salinity
- 1.023–1.025 SG
- minTankSize
- 100 gallons
- temperature
- 75–81°F (24–27°C)
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Temperature
75–81°F
24–27°C
Natural Habitat Temperature
79°F — 81°F seasonal range · (Jan low, Feb high)
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